# How Synthetic DNA for Data Storage Could Help the Memory Crisis

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Podcast: [Embedded Insiders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/embedded-insiders-730384)
Published: 2026-06-18T19:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Embedded Insiders, Dr. Kavyashree Keremane, a postdoctoral researcher in materials science and engineering, and Dr. Bed Poudel, a research professor at Penn State University, join the podcast to share their work exploring something that sounds almost futuristic, but is quickly becoming very real: using synthetic DNA as a medium for data storage. Watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/_GupJZZypn4 Read the story here: https://embeddedcomputing.com/t...

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